1978: NOAA announces gender-neutral hurricane naming system

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1978: NOAA announces gender-neutral hurricane naming system

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May 12, 2020 6:00 am

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On October 22, 1981, the Federal Labor Relations Authority decertified the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) as a union following an illegal strike that was broken by the Reagan Administration. According to labor historian Joseph A. McCartin, the 1981 strike and defeat of PATCO was “one of the most important events in late twentieth century U.S. labor history”. President Reagan fired the 11,345 striking air traffic controllers and banned them from federal service for life. They were replaced initially with non-participating controllers, supervisors, staff personnel and some military controllers. Initially, the FAA claimed that staffing levels would be restored within two years; however, it too closer to ten years before the overall staffing levels returned to normal.

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1978: NOAA announces gender-neutral hurricane naming system

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